HICKORIES, ELMS AND ASH TREES 



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The White Elm 



one of the greatest favorites among american trees. note the white oak growing beneath it, and 



probably of the same age 



sand bases. Usually crooked and 

 spindly in forest, so see that it has 

 clearance on a hillside or other loca- 

 tion where there is plenty of sunlight. 



The other elm, the rock elm, is very 

 scarce in the east and fast growing so 

 in the west, almost as rare in fact as 

 the nearly extinct slippery elm, once 

 fairly common all over our area. About 



ten years ago, when the writer was en- 

 gineer for a large western car works, 

 almost the first work I undertook for 

 them was the design of an all-steel hand 

 car because the end of the rock elm 

 was already in plain sight ! This com- 

 pany then had all the available rock 

 elm located and a lien on it for future 

 use, but at that, they were preparing 



